#joker was cursed immortal

[the-scarecrow-of-aus]

For added peculiarity: danny while distraught that that happened is more confused at why it took so long for the joker to age to death (should have disappeared in a puff of dust not tried to stay together).

While the batfam is looking in shock danny investigates the slowly crumbling remains and deduces that the joker was willingly bound up in a curse that he would keep surviving no matter what until a condition was completed (terminated by the batman/killed the batman).

Fortunately the curse basically 'burnt out' like a fuse trying to keep the joker going while danny was sending him far into the future (perhaps to a point far beyond where gotham -or the curse- no longer exists?)

Batman is now upset and is worried Danny might be traumatised that he killed a person (needs to be shut down before he tries to bring joker back to erase the guilt)

Jason is both excited and upset that the joker was taken by someone else's hand (not his or bruce's) but happy because that looked 'extremely painful for the joker (it was).

Danny (unfazed about the death) is just idly stamping on the remains of the jokers soul in the dust of his body to stop it ever reforming to become a ghost (ancient curse, meet my boot)

Everybody else is planning a national holiday for danny!

Wait till they talk to him about it and realise they could never have waited the joker out.

DP x DC prompt 7

So Danny has time powers, not many but some. He'd been training under Clockwork enough to where Clockwork thinks it's a good idea to grant those to Danny, and Danny knows more or less how they work.

For the most part he just fixes or gets rid of objects with them (think the first Doctor Strange movie where Stephen is messing with the apple using the Time Stone). Like he rewound the transmission on Jazz's car when it goes to when it's brand new, since Jazz didn't have the money to fix it or to really get a new car. He also puts dangerous things forward in time, such as inventions his parents make that're too dangerous to be left around.

The issue here comes when Danny ends up in Gotham, however that comes about, and ends up a hostage of The Joker. Danny was not really aware before this point that his powers worked so well on living beings, tho he probably should have guessed. He didn't even mean to throw The Joker's body forward in time, it just happened. For a brief moment Joker looks like that one dude from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade who chose the wrong cup (the whole "He chose poorly" scene) before he crumbles to dust.

[frownyalfred]

Tbh I’d also be there for - Bruce did, in fact, try to kill the joker, which is how he found out jokers like - immortal. Chaos entity. Already a zombie. I dunno, man should’ve just died so many times, but doesn’t, because comic book shenanigans. But what if he DID die so many times, and Bruce came back bathed in blood, and his son was still dead, and later had to find out it didn’t even change anything at all, and that’s when he went from „I won’t kill“ to „I’ll never ever kill and I’ll not tolerate someone else doing it either“

Or even worse, maybe: in the process of repeatedly killing Joker and learning he’s immortal, Bruce also learns he’s the same kind of immortal. It’s why Joker is so drawn to him. Like sensing like. And then Bruce has the trauma of repeatedly trying to kill someone who cannot die, dying himself over and over again, and it all meaning nothing. Wishing that this curse he’s discovered could have saved Jason too, instead of inflicting immortal life on him and Joker instead.

And then Jason comes back. And Bruce’s breath catches in his chest, because it is just that Jason’s alive again — maybe he’s like them, after all.

[newkatzkafe2023]

Hey, so I thought of something funny, the Wukongs (and D.O) meeting the reader as the grim reaper (specifically the wolf from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish). And while she's pissed that they decided to cheat Death (AKA her), the monkeys are ignoring that fact and are constantly trying to hit on her. And what's worse they're not afraid of her. (Cause Death loves the smell of fear.)

I LOVE PUSS IN BOOTS THE LAST WISH!!! DEATH IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER!!🤩

(Lmk Wukong) GOD He is so annoying, he's been nothing but troublesome and irresponsible sense day one. Worse part is he was searching for immortality for his arrogant and vain self like the selfish jacka** he ended up being. Way earlier in the His centuries , he was deathly afraid of you (HA get it🤣😈) and you thrive oh his fear. What you didn't expect was for him to be so scared of you that he would find a way to escape you entirely. You tried to stop him by taking his soul early but he was a cheeky slippery like sh*t, at the end of it all he became immortal meaning he's no longer scared of you at all. This made your blood boil and you stormed off away from him leaving him be for years but the thing is he now spends his immortality trying to woo you and win you over. This might be a good time to get this thing called a Restraining order😑

(MKR Wukong) He's the second one you can't stand at all. His sh*tty attitude irritates you so bad of course you would go to threaten him especially when he was searching for immortality. I bet you 20 bucks too that the reason he's looking for immortality is a F*ck you to not only heaven but you as well. That caused a fued to break out and The final straw was when he became immortal, and boi did you go off at him as you both fought again. Then he somehow took you off guard and he crashed dead smack on to you lips, you freaked out of course and pushed him off but instead he pulled you closer and well with the Adrenaline and sudden move affection. He got to know you all too well, but you were able to get away from him blushing and growling at him. It was too late though because now he wants you very badly.

(NR Wukong) Oh lord, once he found out you were a woman, their would be no getting away from him. He would spemd everyday flirting with you and trying different ways to woo you. It was so annoying and inconvenient to your work, He became immortal centuries ago, and you would avoid him like a plague, but unfortunately, you knew him as a mortal Of course, you know the song and dance you would thrive on his fear of being scared of death. Unfortunately, years down the line, he found out something about you. When you both fought each other one more time, he ripped your poncho and saw a pair of breast cover Ina lace bra. Making you turn red in anger and embrassment before knocking his ass out. Hopefully, you scramble his brain to think he was hallucinating, but that clearly didn't work because, worse of the worst of all, he's trying to bed and marry you.

(HIB Wukong) Oh, you both have bumped heads, both when he was mortal and immortal centuries ago. Their was never a time when you both weren't fighting, his arrogance knew no bounds at the time, so it was fun knocking him on his ass. Then you found out about his immortality, which caused you to snap in a way that it never did before. You went to stop him from getting to immortality, and you both actively throw hands with each other during the journey to find immortality. It turns out to be all in vain at the end because Wukong got to the immortality peaches, and boy were you pissed. Cursing him in Chinese and Wukong no longer fearing you we fought for a good while until he grabbed to your boob. Shocking you both making you both blush and you yell profanities as you punched him, and that's how you got a monkey to become obsessed with you.

(Netflix Wukong) Oh man it was Hilarious bullying this joker when he was a mortal. I mean he did have your sympathy when he didn't really fit in with the other monkeys, but ever since he got that God forsaken stick He quickly became a pain in your ass. It's gets worse when you find out that he's on the path to get immortality, which was the straw that broke the Camels back. You tried to scare him out of his journey for immortality, and you would Spook him and pop out of nowhere Whistling at him. Well at the end unfortunately for you 2 things happen, 1 he finally got his immortality for himself, and 2, he found out that his bully was a female, and now he won't leave you alone. You tried to scare him away, but instead, he cuddled you close. Just great😒

(BMW Wukong) Ohhhhhhhhhh he just loves to get under your skin about his immortality😡 He's been taunting you for years with arrogance and brazen trouble making and Attitude. You would think that ass whooping you gave him as a teenager would get the point across but no If anything it motivated him to not only escape you but to one day get a rematch from you. When he did get his immortality, he did not one but seven freaking times It's like he was pissing you off on purpose and it gets even worse when he was never scared of you in the first place. You know what's worse instead of being scared, his stupid ass flirts with you you want to strangle him but you can't 😤😡🤬

(The Destined one) He doesn't actually annoy you as much as the others would. If anything he peaks your curiosity, as he wonders around on his journey it seems like he's rediscovering the world around him. Granted you hate how he got his immortality and Therefore doesn't have any reason to fear you, but he was incredibly respectful of you anyway so you didn't have any reason to decline his request for a date.

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[chrysanthemum9484]

DpXDc au where Danny by luck be it good or bad becomes the city spirit of Gotham.

He can leave the city and all but it hurts him due to unbelievable levels of homesickness. Being near the bats whenever he leaves helps a bit.

The bats and birds inherit some abilities which help with stealth, some slight increase in physical prowess, slight gliding and immortality level of healing factor in Gotham. Thankfully Constantine notices and explains it.

Danny always knows everything about Gotham. From people's personal history to their location and current activities.

Gotham is beyond cursed but what the bats are doing weakens the curses bit by bit. They are still a burden though.

Danny has conned the conman Constantine himself into keeping an eye on the curses too and to try remove any of them completely once they feel weak enough. No the bats and birds don't know. Yes they are beyond confused once the Joker out of the blue turns sane and gets put on death row.

Alfred somehow gets cursed into immorality and no one is touching that curse.

Unemployment percentage lowers and lowers slowly but steadily and at some point the batfam have no more goons and loons to fight. Red Hood's goons are registered as employed the very moment they get downgraded to street kid babysitters and worker ladies bodyguards because suddenly there are no more drugs shipped in Gotham.

So out of boredom the batfam annoyed Poison Ivy into creating a forest around half of Gotham, and a fruit and vegetable garden around the other half of Gotham and the most beautiful botanical garden in the center of Gotham.

That leads to lessening pollution, food prices and crime rate being half of what it used to be.

At this point the batfam are annoying their villains to find more legal ways to do what they want to do out of pure boredom. After all there is one theft tried a month at most, the villains have no goons, the Joker is dead and Ivy and Harley are happily tending to lord knows how many acres of land, there are no drug deals to take down, kids and ladies are safer than ever in Gotham and Tim is getting to sleep for 4 hours a day!

The bats create a show for the Riddler to host. He gets to ask all of his riddles and people are actually engaged and enjoying themselves!

Suddenly Red Robin invades Mr. Freeze's Lab, muttering about getting too much sleep and starts working on making a serum to save Nora Fries. And all Mr. Freeze can do is watch and wonder if Red Robin has lost his marbles as he effortlessly heals his wife.

Waylon Jones says 'fuck it' and joins Ivy and Harley and the gothamites slowly start treating him like a person.

Black mask hisses like a cat and leaves permanently with Danny chasing him out with an ecto-broom.

Danny helps Harvey Dent find healthier copying mechanisms.

Scarecrow moves to Amity Park and sets up shop there. Enough said.

And so on and so on.

Eventually Gotham becomes a gothic sunshine city and the batfam are bored to death aside from superhero club Things and Tim is complaining about having a regular human sleep schedule.

Danny is a happy little noodle man due to lack of curses weighting on him.

[proneterror204]

Someone curses the joker and danny has to fix it, getting completely stuck in the batfam drama and having to care for a new halfa red hood.

under the red hood

Jason: Bruce, I’ve forgiven you for not saving me, but why haven’t you killed the Joker?

Bruce: oh god is that what this is about

Bruce: Jason, there’s nothing I’d like more in the world than to kill the Joker, but unfortunately, I can’t

Jason: what, because of your principles?

Bruce: no, because whoever kills the Joker becomes the Joker

Jason: ……excuse me

Joker, tied to a chair: it’s true!! I got to be this way by killing the last guy :D

Jason: you what

Joker: oh hey I know how to explain it!!

Joker: you ever see that movie The Santa Clause? it’s just like that :D

Jason:

Jason, frightened: what

[glitter-stained]

Idea: for his first time coming back to Crime Alley during his revenge plot, before establishing himself as a crime lord, Jason saves a kid. The kid asks him his name then informs him that it's ridiculous, and that a fairy tale name isn't scary at all so he should change it if he wants to scare the bad guys and also that his helmet isn't even a hood so it's stupid. Jason goes home in a daze, has a crisis, and brainstorms ideas.

Here is the list he comes up with, based on the fact he's a dramatic nerd, and ranked from my personal least favourite to top favourite.

The Creature : I feel like Jason would be the type of person to scream at people who call the Creature Frankenstein, but also argues that the real monster in the story is indeed Frankenstein; that name is thus a book accurate reference, while simultaneously highlighting and rubbing in Bruce's face that he created the villain by making himself his father and then abandoning him. My issue with this is that I associate the concept of cryptid vigilant creature with Cass so much giving the name to Jason feels wrong.

Rhapsody : Rhapsody of a Windy Night (by TS Eliot ofc) is THE poem I think of when I think about Jason in relation to Crime Alley, so this is a cool looking name cementing his identity as a crime lord/ vigilante as linked to this place. Unfortunately, most people would think either music themed villain or Queen reference and nobody would get the reference which would piss Jason off.

The Dead Poet: That idea is not mine, I unfortunately lost the post that suggested it so feel free to link it if you do. I absolutely love it, 100% nerd and batman villain, only reason it's low is I like the others more.

Antigonish: That's the title of a creepy poem/nursery rhyme by Mearns about a ghost haunting a house (yesterday upon the stairs/i saw a man who wasn't there...) very leaning in the creepy, undead, haunting the narrative vibe, and I think he'd fuck with the aesthetic so much, I think he'd wage psychological warfare against Batman with references to Jason's death.

Prometheus: A classic, the curse of non consensual immortality while also being a protector and enlightener of the people, defying the authority and saying I will break your rule in the name of what I think matters more. I think he'd like the way it lets him simultaneously say fuck you to Bruce and keep in mind who he's supposed to protect. Yes, I know Prometheus is a pre existing villain and I hate him, let's just ignore that.

Chrysothemis: this one is such a smartass reference he's such a little shit I think he'd love it. A classic myth from the trojan war is Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis in order to be able to go on his mission (wage war against Troy), and when he comes back from Troy, Clytemnestra kills him in revenge, and then the family hunts eachother for sports (see the Oresteia). In Sophocles's Electra, Chrysothemis is the name of the daughter of Clytemnestra who, unlike Electra, doesn't condemn/ protest against their mother for killing Agamemnon to avenge Iphigenia. I think it's particularly funny because Chrysothemis literally means "golden law". Maybe not the most badass sounding but god would it be so funny.

Lightbearer : (the title of Lucifer). Again, maybe not the most badass but Jason is a nerd and he'd fuck with it. "But isn't Jason the christic equivalent of the Bruce/Jason/Joker trinity?" I hear you ask and the answer is yes, but on a meta level, this is what the reader is allowed to see. Jason? He's read Paradise Lost and agrees Satan/Lucifer was right, projected Bruce on God, and made it his whole personality. I think Lightbearer!Jason would quote Paradise Lost/make references to it all the time during their arguments, denouncing Batman's abandonment of Crime Alley and say "I'd rather rule in hell than serve in heaven", tell him that he has no obligation to play by his rules because "just because you were here first doesn't make you the rightful ruler of this city". This also goes well with my hcs about Crime Alley being a little fucked up and loving their local crime lord/vigilant, with graffitis and nicknames treating him like the Alley's Angel/guardian angel but in a fucked up, fallen angel way, like that's our patron saint and he's made of the same shit that we are, he's not holier-than-though cause he's not holy but he's ours.

Anyway feel free to share which ones you prefer and add ideas!!!

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Au Batman Fic Ideas

by Anonymous “You didn't kill him! You didn't avenge me! " Jason yelled at Batman, filled with fury and resentment. Batman was still, locked in shame. Jason hated him. If the hero doesn’t do what was necessary, he will have to do it. " I'll kill the Joker. " There will be no more abused children. There will be no other victims of the Joker. It will put an end, once and for all. "You can't." Jason laughed at him, “Why? Because it’s against your rules? " “No, because I've already tried. Joker can't die. " (From Immortal Joker Au) Words: 1368, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Robin (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Bruce Wayne, Zatanna Zatara, Joker (DCU), Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Roy Harper, Diana (Wonder Woman), Clark Kent Relationships: Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Alfred Pennyworth & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Diana (Wonder Woman) & Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne & Zatanna Zatara Additional Tags: Tim Drake Joins the Batfamily Early, Kid Fic, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Shapeshifting, Kid Tim Drake, Kid Jason Todd, Pre-Robin Jason Todd, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Alternate Universe - Gods & Goddesses, Genderswap, Curses, Fae & Fairies, Time Loop, Memory Alteration, Vampire Bites, Reincarnation, Vampires via https://ift.tt/oypkMVw

[narrators-journal]

Persona 2 monsterverse thoughts

This one’s been vibing in the drafts for a while. I decided to note these down after talking to a new person and discussing some other writing content, and it took me a WHILE to eventually do even that. Then Kinktober hit lmao. But! Either way, I hope you enjoy, these are just some of my thoughts with no real context given towards the actual au setting, so sorry if some of these don’t make sense or seem really far off. I tried taking characterization or canon shit into account for extra fun.

Tatsuya Suou

Starting off simple, in my monster au, I like to make Tatsuya something called an Oracle. Which, is exactly what it says on the tin. Inspired by his persona Apollo, I thought giving him the role of the dude the gods bash in the head with cryptic visions of the future was funny and fitting.

Eikichi Mishina

In my monsterverse, Eikichi’s a slightly oddball hybrid. Being a combination of a vampire, and a siren-like creature. Something that can sing and put you under a spell with his voice alone. Whether that’s a mermaid, or some ancestor creature that the modern mermaid branched off from is not exactly known. Just like the extent of how much of that lineage he inherited isn’t really known. Which, is inspired by him being a singer, and...an rp shitpost, basically.

Lisa Silverman

Lisa is a Kumiho in this au. This is somewhat inspired by her anger at her dad, her canonical stated acts of rebellion, and how she arguably shouldfit in, but isn’t accepted. Like in the game, how she should arguably fit into Japan, because she was raised japanese, only speaks japanese, and I’m sure a few other things I’m missing, monsterverse!Lisa is a fox spirit like a kitsune, and is thusly expected to act like a kitsune by those around her and should fit in fairly well, but she still doesn’t quite succeed in that.

Jun Kurosu

Similar to Eikichi, Jun’s a hybrid. But, arguably just as weird of one. Because! In my AU, his father was a demon, because of the joker influence, and his mother was a royal fae, because Jun simply vibes to me like he’d be a fae of sorts in a monster au. This is also somewhat inspired by the idea of a nephilim. A cross between some holy-ish force, and something more humanoid.

Maya Amano

Maya is simply an angel. An angel of what? That’s kind of the joke with her, no one, not even the gods, remember to whom she’s actually assigned to work for. It’s also a bit of a dark joke, but still! In this AU, she’s sort of a catch-all angel that no one bothers to question. So, who’s her god? She doesn’t know, and neither do they.

Ulala Serizawa

To go with Maya being an angel, Ulala’s a demon. Specifically, she’s a demon of Gluttony. Inspired by her issues with, in a sense, her own gluttony and consumption issues. It’s actually pretty simple in that sense. She herself struggles with over-indulging, and her ‘other half’ of sorts is Maya, so! Demon to match the angel, and specifically a demon of gluttony.

Katsuya Suou

While Tatsuya is effectively just Human Premium, his brother wasn’t so lucky. Katsuya’s very much just a human man.

Baofu

In my take on this AU, Baofu isn’t anything super specific, he’s just an immortal. He was cursed by a witch back in the day, and goes on to live Baofu’s regular life as best he can with some added angst and a lot more time to study and learn about things like the gods, demons, and other monsters. Real simple, real angsty, lotsa fun all around.

[artstaeus3600]

Okay first time doing this, so bear with me...

But I was imagining what if the Gotham rogues had meta powers? Obviously Ivy still has her plant powers, Grundy is just dead? The killer croc is still a croc. So here's my ideas of what some of the rogue's powers would...

Harley Quinn: (cause she was the one I thought of the most) Hammer Space, she can pull anything and everything out of it (kinda like bugs Bunny) but it doesn't always work for her, hence her getting caught by batman a lot.

Joker: Some type of immortality (cause DC won't murder him already) he doesn't realize he has it or maybe he does, but I like to think whatever sanity he has keeps getting lower as he dies more often.

The riddler: His i'd imagine for anyone else would be a curse but it's just infinite knowledge of riddles (not all of these abilities are useful for villainy)

And that's the ones I can think of off the top of my head if anyone wants to continue this they can but I just thought it was a cool idea!

[redjaybathood]

Beacon Hills was a sleepy Californian town where nothing ever happened, complete opposite to Gotham - and that's why Jason chose it for his new place of residence. Talia didn't get it.

"You have spent a year with the All Caste, trained with swords and mysterious arts that are forgotten everywhere else on Earth..."

He refrained from reminding that he was kicked out by the cult she put him in when she just restored his higher brain function. For reasons such as prophecies foretelling the doom of said cult.

"And I can give you resources, contacts, everything you need to get revenge..."

He put his hand up.

"I don't want revenge, I never did. I wanted justice, and I see that it's a futile pursuit. Now, all I want - I want just some peace and quiet."

"So just like that, you changed your mind." She looked at him not quite with judgment or dissatisfaction - more like she really didn't get that he wanted to stop.

He shrugged, warming his hands on the coffee cup.

"Look, All Caste? You know what sort of place it is. You were taught by Ducra. You had Trials of your own. You saw it, didn't you? Every variation of you, in 52 Universes. Was either of them happy?"

"I'm not in the League for happiness," she said, almost scandalized.

"Well, why are you in the League at all? I was pondering that, all the year I was in All Acres, a doorway from any point in my life. I could go right through and warn myself, I could go kill Joker before Joker even existed. And it never helped. Gotham's cursed. Batman is its white knight in shiny armour. I'm just..."

He shrugged.

"Poor boy," Talia sighed, cupping his face.

"Don't. I don't need your sympathy," he put his hands over hers, but didn't remove them from where she was touching his skin. "I could use your company, though. I'm serious - why are you even doing all this? Just... Go with me. Take him, and let's settle down where nobody knows us, nobody will..."

Talia froze, then took her cup in both hands.

"I will not ask how do you know about him, even as your father does not. How fast, do you think, it will take Ra's to find us? With our edges dulled, our blades rusty, how fast will he end our lives - and take him?"

Jason shook his head.

"If you want me to believe Damian is the reason you're still in the League..."

Talia put the cup down with a clunk.

"Don't. Ever. Say his name. Even if you think we're alone, if you think nobody is listening in. I will not risk him."

"You already are. You do. He is at risk, and will be until one of two things happen - and maybe even then..."

"I'm aware," Talia said dryly, standing up. "This conversation is over. Do with your life whatever you will. You will find me if you change your mind."

"You too," he said, but the room was empty already. "Jeez."

In one of these 52 Universes, they got together. Jason didn't cultivate with mystical immortals in that universe. He had taken something like a gap year, traveling, mostly Europe, and learning from the specialists League of Assassins sometimes employed. Killed most of them - for good reasons. Reasons he supplied anonymously to Interpol and Checkmate, in this universe.

Because in that world, no matter how many people Jason saved by killing "animals", "monsters", he left behind a piece of himself. At least, with the Soul Swords, he knew what was fueling them, what he was spending.

The story of him and Talia wasn't a happy one. Or even particularly romantic. Both of them were hurting, Bruce-shaped wound in their hearts, but also what was done upon them, what they were made to do, what they thought they should do. Their hearts were more sieves than anything else. One night, they had to each other, and then they never talked face to face ever again.

He didn't want that. He very much hoped, knowing it was futile, that Talia just - went with him, to a sleepy Californian town where nothing ever happened. They would raise her kid - maybe he could be her partner, maybe her son's brother, he would take it any way she could give.

But he couldn't stay for her, and she wouldn't leave for him.

So, he went alone.

***

He had fake documents, keeping the first name and changing the last, using the same day and month of birth and making himself a year younger. Only fair, seeing how he was dead for six months, and catatonic for another six. He put down a local attorney's phone number for his contact information on the school application. That same attorney, Whittermore, had helped him with emancipation, seeing how he was only 17, still, and would need to find someone to pretend to be his parents, or go into foster care, otherwise.

Enrollment in the school was easy. Finding a place to live as well - there was a lot of property built during a dot com bubble era that still was sitting empty. Rent was cheap, compared to Gotham. But without League's backing, he needed income. So he started to check jobs.

There was not a lot vacancies that could be filled with a teenager who was still in school. Waiting tables, washing dishes, making coffee, retail - that was about it. Gabby, his friend from another life - life before Bruce, even - was a waitress. So that's what he applied to. There was no real training, but he had the skills he needed already. Good memory, from the time he used to devour dossiers on criminal individuals and organizations. Coordination, from his movement training. Cheerful smile and small talk, from all the times, infrequent as they were, that he had to follow Bruce to some event or another. He didn't like them then - now, he was just grateful for experience, because life in Himalayas didn't nurture his social skills, to say the least. And good thing Bruce never allowed his picture to be taken, unlike how it was with Dick. At the time Jason was self-conscious, thought Bruce might have been - finding him lacking in some way. Not fit for the public to see, regardless of the new suits he ordered from his tailors for him, or haircuts Alfred gave him. Who knew, maybe Bruce indeed didn't want him to be recognized by anyone from Jason's past who would come knocking. Still, it let Jason feel free in his new life. Nobody will see his tag and his face and put it all together as American most eligible millionaire's dead son.

Beacon Hills was so small a town, Jason had learned the names and occupations of the regulars in his first week on the job. One of them, the local Sheriff, asked a few questions about where he moved from and how old he was. After finding out that in a few weeks he was starting as sophomore at high school ("I was held back a year, sir, after a car accident"), Sheriff asked him not to tell to his son, Stiles, that he's eating his lunches here.

"He's making me those low salt, low cholesterol lunches," the Sheriff chuckled. "His heart is in the right place, I can't bring myself to tell him that it all tastes like a wet cardboard."

"I can tactfully suggest a few recipes to him," Jason offered. "There are nutritious and healthy options that are quite tasty. There's so much you can do with chickpeas."

"What, and leave Robby without steady income? I couldn't do that, not until he sees his daughter through college. Who taught you to cook, by the way?"

"My grandfather."

It took a lot of Jason to keep the smile on his face. But it might have been a wrong choice.

"Well, pass along my greetings. There's not a lot of teenagers nowadays who have the skill."

"He... I'm alone now, after the accident." Jason didn't like to lie about anyone dying, it seemed like he was cursing them in this way, so he picked his words carefully.

"I'm so sorry, there's a foot in my mouth, I swear it's a family trait," Sheriff rummaged in his pocket, and then thrusted a card to him. "Here. If you need anything, you can reach me on a cell, it's written on the back."

Jason briefly considered - he had some cards with his personal number on it on him. Always ready to offer assistance to the needy? Or... Noah Stilinsky seemed like a good guy, and Jason, pocketing his card, hoped as hell that he was.

Because there's another kind of explanation why nothing big came up when he researched Beacon Hills. All sorts of things can be covered up and never see the light of the day when it's the police doing the covering.

He will call, he decided, as soon as he can find a suitable reason. He needed to know if the Sheriff and this town was what they seemed.

***

Before the school started, though, Jason couldn't find the time. He was a freshman when he died, and he had no access to schooling after his resurrection. Even with all the knowledge learned under the tutelage of a former Batgirl, there was a lot of ground to cover, to catch up with the rest of the class. It wasn't his first rodeo, and arguably it was way easier now than when he also had Robin training. But he had a job, now, working as long the hours as the diner's owner would allow him before the school started. Besides that, he took up running in the Preserve, as much to familiarize himself with his new habitat as to stay in shape. It also replaced the meditations, in part - he cut them down from the recommend by Ducra two hours per day, to half an hour, before going to sleep.

He met some people in that way, too. His new classmates, actually: Jackson Whittermore, son of Mr. Whittermore whose services he employed - finding that out, Jackson toned down his smirk and offered a handshake. He was running with his friend, Danny Mahealani. Both of them were on the school's lacrosse team, and invited him to the tryouts that would happen before the Spring.

"Maybe," Jason said. "I don't know much about lacrosse, though. And never played any team sport at all."

"Really? Not even football?" Danny gave him a once-over. "Seems like a waste."

"Believe it or not, I was a tiny, skinny kid up until recently." Jason shrugged.

Jackson asked him about his regimen. Jason couldn't explain that it was a magical fountain of youth and cure-all that fixed his stunted by malnutrition and smoking growth. He wasn't even sure that was it. Maybe years with Bruce, and then the time spent in cultivation, changed his body as well as his mind and spirit. He didn't need to eat that much now, although he didn't progress to inedia. So he bullshitted, recalling the diet Bruce was on.

It actually inspired him to start a side hustle. Food blog for teenagers who wanted to bulk up. He always loved writing, and he had some expertise on the topic, although he ended up posting more about training and exercises, than food. Every recipe required pictures, so he had to make everything from scratch, and sometimes redo the whole thing because his cell phone photos were simply shit, videos (face always out of the frame) not much better.

He looked up Donna's work, one of those times. But in the end, Jackson introduced him to Matt Dalaher, whose hobby was photography. Matt's advice and explanations were shit, and he was all too glad to tall about girls, topic Jason could offer nothing on.

"Come on, there's don't kiss and tell, and there's me starting to suspect where's nothing for you to say," Matt joked one time.

"That's exactly it," Jason smiled back, not even particularly trying to hide the edge anymore. "I'm saving myself for the marriage."

"What does Whittermore see in you? This, and the cooking shit..."

"I have amazing thighs, I was told," Jason spread them to empathize the point. "One of my best features."

"Oh, so it's like that, huh? He's trying to set you up with Danny? Damn, he did the same thing with me, he gotta give it a rest."

Jason wasn't aware Danny played for the home team, and wasn't particularly trilled to find out like it was a butt of the joke. He still smirked.

"Do I have a chance, you think?"

Matt sputtered, apparently not expecting him to, Jason didn't even know, freak out because of the gay cooties. That was the last time they really spoke. It was fine, though - Matt's speciality was more portraits than still life, anyway.

***

Before the school started, Jason was invited to a party at Jackson's girlfriend house. He had work that day, but his shift ended at seven, so he could, in theory, make it.

"Come on, man, the whole school will be there," Jackson said, running along him. Danny was a few feet ahead of them.

"I don't know anyone from school, except you and Danny," Jason pointed out.

"And Matt," Danny called over his shoulder.

"Matt isn't worth knowing!" he called back.

Danny laughed. Jason smiled to himself. He liked that sound.

He didn't know whether he liked boys, to be honest - he didn't even know if he liked anyone. Things with Talia were circumstantial - and not even in this universe. Before his death, he certainly flirted with girls - older, cooler, the ones he would have no chance in hell with, like Babs, like Koriand'r (and oh, here's another trait they shared: Dick's ex/girlfriends). But the only time he approached dating was with Rena. And they went out only twice: when she thought he could score her some drugs, and when he ditched her for Bruce. For a case, he meant - but essentially, for Bruce.

It was all kinds of fucked up, Jason was starting to realize, how Bruce was all over his life. His father, his boss, his teacher, the only friend he managed to keep - up until he wasn't anything, anymore. It left Jason unmoored, swayable to the winds. They blew, and here he was in Northern Africa, on the quest to find a woman who didn't want to be found. Here he was, letting her know a secret that cost him his life, when he didn't even manage to save hers.

He wanted someone, anyone, in his life. It made him blind to the red flags. He might be better off without feeling this way ever again - but with his new life finding its rhythm, he started feeling those pangs of loneliness again. Thinking of people he left behind. Meditation became more difficult again.

He needed to prevent that, he realized. He couldn't just will and discipline himself not to need people. So the only way was to... Find new ones.

It wouldn't be the same, of course. Nothing like life or dead situations forging a bond between two persons. But it would, should be enough.

"You know what?" He said, looking briefly at Jackson and then back at Danny's back. "I'm game. I will be there."

And then he sped up, to run along with Danny.

***

The party itself was everything that the early 2000s romcoms warned him about. If you were Jason, first time in this sort of environment, sober (he didn't know how he will react to alcohol, and wasn't about to experiment in this sort of environment), knowing no one - he didn't manage to find neither Danny nor Jackson yet - it was awkward and boring.

He knew how to talk to people if you wanted them to open up to you, but it was when he had a mask on his face. He tried very hard that his new life didn't become a new sort of costume, so he didn't want to construct a persona around his future classmates.

He found a relatively quiet corner where only two people were sitting, and sat down with his half full beer cup (poor rhododendron, but he wasn't drinking this shit for real, and an empty cup would attract a refill, and full - askance glances to why wasn't he drinking). He nodded and smiled at them. They stopped talking, although the one with darker, longer hair smiled back and nodded.

"Hey, I don't know you," the other guy said.

He had a shaved head and a graphic T-shirt, like the one Eddie wore. Eddie, flashed in Jason's mind - last time they were in touch, he lived in California, too, although way closer to Hollywood. But getting in touch with anyone from his old life was dangerous, so he didn't. Now, he kinda felt a short pang of regret.

Jason shook his head to ward away this dangerous feeling.

"Yeah, I don't know you either. But then again, I don't know anyone here, except Jackson and Danny. I'm Jason."

He offered a handshake to both of them. The dark-haired one responded first, albeit slightly awkward in the movement.

"Scott," he said.

"Nice to meet you," Jason nodded.

"Uh, you too?"

Shit, don't people say that anymore?

"I'm Stiles," the shaved-headed one said, shaking his hand, with the emphasis on "shake". "Though I don't know how nice it is to meet you if you're friends with Jackson Whittermore."

"Stiles," Jason remembered. "I heard about you."

"Definitely not nice, then."

And yet, he was still shaking Jason's hand.

"Don't worry, it was only complimentary. Well, almost."

His cooking was shitty, Jason recalled. Everytime the Sheriff took his lunch at the diner, Jason made a point to ask what his son prepared for him that day. Even texted his blog's URL to the Sheriff, so he could pass it along. Some of Stiles' attempts at his recipes were a success, it seemed, because as the Summer progressed to the end, Sheriff patronized the diner less and less.

Stiles scrunched his face.

"No way in hell would Jackson say anything positive about me."

"He isn't my sole source of information," Jason smirked.

Stiles looked at him for a second or two, and then snapped his fingers.

"Jason! From the Robby's!" He elbowed his friend in the side. "The dude who runs that fitness blog? We're, uh, we started some protocols you describe, to enhance our physic and all."

"Yeah, but I'm afraid it's not gonna help us, come Spring," Scott smiled sheepishly. "I really can't do some of it without wanting to cough up my lungs afterwards."

"That's, uh, that's not supposed to happen," Jason said carefully.

"It's fine," Scott said. "I have asthma, I'm used to it."

"Even more, then. I was basically describing some of what I was doing, when I had started to," train as a vigilante, to kick ass and take names. "Bulk up. But I had no underlying conditions except I was somewhat... Thinner than other kids my age. Look, it's important to talk to your doctor, but if there's, you know, issues with that - you should always start small. Steady wins the race, yeah?"

Jason shared some tips, and then the topic switched to lacrosse - Jason still had only the vaguest idea of what this sport entailed, or how expensive it was. That topic - the money - wasn't the one he wanted to broach with Jackson or Danny. They were under impression he has it - from him being able to afford Whittermore's law firm fees - and worked at the diner basically for shit and giggles, because he was sad son of the bitch who knew almost no one in town. He didn't dissuade them, not because he thought they're gonna be assholes about it, but... He didn't want to chance it either. He knew how some things about you that were quirky if you had the money, like reading newspapers during breaks between classes - they added to the character. Weird, but a character. But if you didn't have the money, reading newspapers was just another proof of it. A sign that you can't afford any other entertainment, like a cell phone.

Scott was just telling him where to find used gear and armor when someone walked up behind Jason's back. He managed to keep himself relaxed, so even when the hand lowered at his shoulder - and Stiles and Scott's faces tensed - he didn't lost his cool.

"Hey," Jason said, turning to see Jackson behind him.

"Why are you here with the loser brigade?" Jackson scrunched up his face. "We were waiting for you."

"I was lost, and I found myself some company. Jealous? Should have responded to my text twenty minutes ago."

"Ugh, come on, come on, I will introduce you to Lydia."

"Now's my turn to be jealous," Jason said, getting up.

He didn't quite know what to say, so he said everything that came to mind. Jackson was kind of used to it, from their weeks of running together. Stiles and Scott, though, gaped.

Jason hoped they weren't like Matt. He waved at them on the chance they weren't, and Scott waved back. Though, not Stiles.

Jackson noticed his sigh.

"What?" He looked back and scowled. "Stilinsky said something funny to you?"

Jason shrugged.

"I mean, he seemed pretty chill. But might have disliked my jokes about jealousy. And I don't know him enough to know if it's the gay thing as in, me treating homosexuality as a joke, or gay thing as in, he is going to stay away from the gay guy thing."

"Don't worry, Stilinsky is an asshole, but he's not that kind of asshole. If he was, I would kick his ass to the next Tuesday. But, uh, you're gay?"

Jason shrugged.

"I dunno. I don't know if I'm anything, if that makes sense. My father... Was pretty strict. I didn't have much friends, and. I dunno, it's just never came up. But," he stopped Jackson with the hand on his shoulder, looking into his eyes. "I really was joking about jealousy. You're not my type."

Jackson punched him in the shoulder, and they both laughed.

"So what's your type? I know you said it never came up, but, the best you figure."

Jason glanced at Jackson, who was trying for nonchalant but missing a beat. Maybe Matt wasn't far off when he suggested that Jackson was playing a wingman for Danny.

He smiled to himself, feeling a bit nervous. He didn't really know how to answer the question best.

"I really have no idea. It's not about the looks, for sure. I grew up around professional model-looking types. Nobody really rang a bell for me. I like chill people though. People with a nice smile. Or a mean smile, maybe. A genuine one."

Not like the one he himself wore, most of the time.

He shrugged again. He did like that, but he wouldn't call it attraction.

"Alright," Jackson said, and clapped him on his back. "You will figure it out."

***

Jason might have been mistaken in thinking that Jackson wanted to set him up with Danny. Or maybe his answers were unsatisfactory, and he changed his mind. Over the course of the night, Jackson introduced him to a shit ton of people. Presumably, to help him "figure it out".

It wasn't hard for Jason to remember their faces, names, and basic facts they shared about themselves, but it was hard to come up with the topics of conversation. Jason didn't follow sports, or celebrities, knew nothing of local gossip, wasn't even into online gaming. He talked a bit about his blog, but in the end, the topic bored him before it could bore the new people, so he just shared a link when they asked.

When Jason noticed Danny, he wanted to make his way other, but noticed a guy who struck up a conversation with him. Danny had a nice smile. Damn.

He didn't feel particularly crushed. Maybe it answered the question, maybe it didn't. He was a bit overwhelmed, and went to catch a breath outside.

There were people by the pool, but not further into the backyard, where the garden started. He almost bummed a cigarette from a random guy, just so he wouldn't feel out of place, but then he thought, fuck it. He was out of place. He wasn't relapsing his smoking habit because standing alone in the middle of a crowd of unfamiliar teenagers was unsettling. Because if he did, he would smoke all two years of high school that were left, and then he simply wasn't stopping.

It was a short lived relief, being alone in the garden, because very soon he was not alone so much. There was Stiles, and a girl with a small designer dog.

"Uh, how did your summer..."

"What do you want, Stiles."

"Nothing! Just saying hello. It's your party, after all, would be rude if I didn't even say a word to you."

"And this is why you followed me when I took Gucci for a walk. Sure. Because I'd talk to all three hundred of guests currently in my house. Otherwise it's rude."

Jason tensed. So that was Lydia. And Stiles was... Stalking her a bit?

"No, not you-rude, me-rude. Sorry. I can leave if you want."

"Oh, wouldn't it be rude of me if I sent you away."

"Not that it stopped you ever before. Like when you publicaly ignore my existence."

"And you don't think I have a reason for that?"

"Sure. Your boyfriend thinks I'm a loser, ergo, you feel I'm a loser."

"Oh, Stiles, it's not that - it's that I have a boyfriend at all, and your puppy crush is obvious from space. I don't need the drama. And FYI? That's not how you use 'ergo', unless you think I have no mind of my own."

She picked up the dog and went back. Stiles stayed, sighing frustratedly.

Jason thought for a second, whether to disappear or come out. In the end, he whistled, before Stiles turned to head back.

Stiles immediately turned around, but it took him a moment to find where Jason was standing.

"Enjoyed the show, Greenberg?" He asked, harshly.

"Not particularly, no," Jason said honestly. "I really don't like when guys don't get the hint."

"You friends with Jackson for a month and now you're going to be teaching me a lesson on his behalf?" Stiles squeezed his fists.

Jason could see that he wasn't scared, but he was expecting an attack. And that wasn't who Jason was - not now, and not ever.

He put his hands in the air, placatingly.

"You keep your hands to yourself, I keep mine."

Stiles was taken aback.

"You think I would?.. I wouldn't!"

Jason waved his hand dismissedly.

"If I got a penny every time I heard "I would never" when a guy, in fact, would or had - I'm not saying I would be a Lex Luthor, but I might have no need for a waiter job."

"I know, I'm the son of the Sheriff, you don't need to..."

"Even if you were a Sheriff yourself, I don't care," Jason cut him off. "Okay?"

Stiles huffed, and then went back to the house.

Jason, though, he decided to call it a night and went back to the place he rented.

[shmowder]

It probably wouldn’t work necessarily in canon but please imagine a reader who for some reason is just completely immune to the sand pest be it they just got some grace from whatever good will still exists or because maybe they are a physical manifestation of the plague itself and the plague in human form probably wouldn’t inject itself

But since everything has a price and since things can’t just be simple can they? Immune reader most likely wouldn’t be able to make a form of vaccine from their blood since that’d be no fun….but maybe just maybe they would be allowed to give a healer of their choice the needed blood? Maybe reader only is allowed to save one person of choice and bury everyone else in a selfish act of love?

Honestly, it's not that hard to make it work in canon. Aren't Bulls immune, too? Simon Kain's blood held the antibodies, and the Earth's blood seemed naturally repellent.

Even the plague can selectively decide not to infect some people, like the herb brides dancing amongst the plague clouds. I don't think worms ever got infected either.

The "no fun" Justification falls completely in line with the game narrative, I can clearly picture Mark Immortell tutting you at you before saying those words, a sadistic glee at the notion your blood can't be used for a cure, that all medical endeavours to take advantage of this joker card will end up a massive disappointment for everyone involved.

The plague or the earth–Boddo, could be in love with the reader, maybe? That's why your blood seems immune, as long as it's YOUR blood. The second it leaves your body, it loses all protective properties and immediately gets consumed by the plague. That's why they can never extract the antibodies, they self-destruct the second they leave your veins, merely halfway through the needle.

I completely adore your idea anon omfg, It can more than work in canon, it has so much potential. You can approch the immunity in so many different ways, hell we can make the reader a descendet from minotaurs or worms, we can make them an immortal like Simon Kain who's trying to stay lowkey and hide their immortality, we can make them a genuine enigma that is completely unaffected by the plague but can still suffer a cold and a sore throat.

Artemy has the panacea and Clara can already cure people, I think it's Daniil who would cling to you desperately the most. You are the last puzzle piece to complete his vaccine but god he can't figure out how to extract your blood without it immediately rotting or fizzing out.

Or maybe Rubin? Stakh doesn't have the Menkhu wisdom, the magical talents nor the high education required to cure anyone. Yet he still tries and presists all the same, it requires him dying from exhaustion just to make one sample of panacea from Simon Kain's blood.

If immune reader could save anyone, Stakh is the most "deserving" in a way. He would've died to make the cure for an ungrateful town on any other day, he gives the full credit to the Haruspex in his last dying letter before he closes his eyes for the last time.

Why not burn down this damned town for him in return? to bury everyone else just to keep him alive.

Or what if reader's blood doesn't just curse the plague no, it grants temporary immortality. The person who takes it can survive any fatal event no matter what for a certain period of time, a day or so.

A get out of jail free card for cheating death basically.

You could give it to Aglaya on the 12th day who gets assassinated by the military.

But you can only use it once for one person. There is no cheating that, you can't king Solomon your way out of this predicament and make two people drink an equal amount of your blood at the same time.

I mean if you want to go even more exteme, what if cures Katerina's infertility? What if it makes her ascend to her role as a true mistress? Do you think Alexander Saburov would stop at anything to get your blood for his wife?

On a technicality, being dead could also be seen as something to "cure" I'm just saying it'd be extremely funny for you to bring Simon Kain or Isidor Burakh back from the dead just to sow choas into the town and watch everyone shuffle around the chessboard and scurry back into their original places.

You can even bring back Victoria or Nina! Taya's late father who held true control over the kin as father superior. Artemy's mom or his older brother.

Oh but once, once any of them even suspects that your blood might be able to bring back the dead or cure a deadly disease, the hunt will begin.

The Kain will swoop in first, attempting to monopolising you. But The Olgimskays desperately need Victoria back and god what about any other person who simply misses their dead family?

The healers might be more concerned with hiding/protecting you than anything else.

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

Some fun Ideas I've come up with about the fnaf × DC AU over the past couple months because I have literally nothing better to do except think and walk my dog:

William hates like every other robot Maker in the DC universe with like a burning passion. He will actively complain to other villains who use Tech and critique everything about their designs-

I think William would have a freak out if he found out about the Lazarus pit...

Charlie's a lot like First appearance red hood .. She Straight up murders people.. Her only goal is to protect herself and the rest of the city and she believes that monsters like William deserve to die slow and painful..

I think Michael has a severe dislike of Harley Quinn- Like he doesn't interact with her often but whenever he does he either gives her the death stair or just walks out of the room.

Mike's stomach is his main weak point the rest of him is pretty much numb. Kiss better sight and hearing than he used to but his sense of touch is like terrible-

Mike's super hero name is Nightguard! He likes using flash bangs

I think William and Lex Luther fight but not like fist fighting just sending animatronics after mechs after animatronics (I want to watch them fight in hand to hand so bad I want to see William smushed like a pancake and Lex with bite and scratch marks I think the deadbeat dads should fight to the death)

Him and Ras would trade immortality potions or at least William would try to

CHARLIE NOOOOOOOOOOO THATS CASSIDYS JOB YOUR MY SWEET WHITE KNIGHT IN WEIRD PUPPET ARMOR NOOOOO

Okay so I’ve been thinking about fitting Joker Junior into this au (because it is my curse as a Tim Drake enjoyer) and that gives Mike so much more reason for his hatred of Harley

YES YES YES YES SCOOPING TRAUMA LASTING EFFECTS OF UNIMAGINABLE BODY HORROR YESYEYESYES

Sorry that’s just one of my favorite Michael headcanons (along with him having to use crutches because of the degradation of his muscles due to him ya know being a corpse)

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕NIGHTGAURD?!?!!!??:!/-&&.!,💕💕💕💕💕💕💕jsnajdj!!?!,!,,💕💕💕💕💕

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[denimbex1986]

'As critics and fans laud Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, a major talking point is Cillian Murphy in the lead role. He's delivering a tour de force as the inventor of the atom bomb, which many think will win awards, and rightfully so. The movie shows he has that gravitas, covering a wide spectrum of emotions as a torn scientist who knows he's dooming the world.

A lot has to do with his method acting and immersive style. Coincidentally, it pays off years of friendship and camaraderie between Murphy and Nolan, as he's been a supporting character in a few films, including Inception. However, Murphy really broke into the Hollywood mainstream scene via Nolan's Batman Begins. While his performance as Oppenheimer brings Murphy's journey with Nolan full-circle, it ironically reiterates he wasn't fully utilized as Dr. Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow in The Dark Knight Trilogy.

Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow Missed Out on a Better Ending

In Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, Murphy's Jonathan Crane, much like the comics, was a doctor conducting unethical experiments. He enhanced the fear gas for Ra's al Ghul to use to break Gotham City. But Christian Bale's Batman ended up arresting Scarecrow, which led to a minor cameo in The Dark Knight. There, Crane was once more peddling contraband, only to quickly get locked up. The Dark Knight Rises then gave him another short cameo, pretending to be a judge and casting people out of Gotham to their death.

The thing is, when Bane and the League of Shadows were taken down, the film never wrapped what happened to Crane. It's presumed the cops nabbed him, but this was a very dangerous villain to have on the loose. Given Nolan had a powerhouse actor to work with, Scarecrow could have been reintegrated into the League, or even murdered by Talia for not finishing the job her father wanted. This unfortunately resulted in an underwhelming finish, as he ended up being nothing more than a joke after being set up as a maniacal mastermind in the first film.

Murphy's Scarecrow Tied into Batman's Broken State Heavily

What really resonated with The Dark Knight Rises's Batman was how broken Bruce Wayne was. He hid away from society after Rachel Dawes' and Harvey Dent's death, blaming himself. He feared the public eye, feared attachment, and simply, feared the symbol of the cursed Batman. That alone was grounds for Crane to have returned, psycho-analyzing the Caped Crusader and letting him know fear internally is immortal. Like energy, it can be converted, but never destroyed. The way Murphy's Oppenheimer goes through his journey -- realizing his sins, embracing his mistakes, but accepting he's a necessary monster -- proves Scarecrow could have had that same emotional depth as a man sacrificing his soul in the name of science.

The franchise could have even flipped the script with Bruce finding him on the lam and probing his mind, a la Clarice and Hannibal Lecter, to really find out they state of his mental health. Going this route would have been apt given Scarecrow first gassed him and showed Bruce's innermost fears about losing family, being terrified of bats and how the idea of being alone would haunt him as he grew older. This is why Rachel passing shook up Bruce -- he was experiencing nightmares come to life once more, and it was all due to the seed Crane planted.

That was the perfect window for Crane to speak about grief and trauma, which would have been fitting since he tried to kill Rachel once in Batman Begins. In the process, he could have shown Batman, he was a necessary evil, just bringing out the real Gotham and people's primal states in a way that would have aligned with Joker's schemes. Unfortunately, while The Dark Knight Rises harped on fear, the twisted chemist who revived it in the Bat got the short end of the stick, and came off as an average thug Batman didn't care to hunt anymore.'

[sailorstarr-chan4]

40 Day Anime Challenge 2023 Edition - Day 10: Character you despise with all your heart and soul

forgive me @risingfire17-the-weeb-trash I skipped a few days due to being sick so Imma post a few in a row today mkay?

Naraku (Inuyasha)

This ...... bitch. This unbelievably ANNOYING ASSHOLE!!!! Okay okay okay. *deep inhale*

I could go on and ON about why Naraku is such a flaming asshole, but that's only the tip of the iceberg.

It's more than just the fact that LITERALLY EVERYTHING THAT GOES WRONG IN THE SERIES IS ENTIRELY HIS FAULT

It's more than the fact that:

he tore Inuyasha and Kikyo's love apart by shapeshifting as each of them and attacking the other, making them believed they were betrayed

he possessed Kohaku and made him kill his father and comrades and nearly killed his sister, Sango, AND set his horde of demons to kill off the rest of their village (and later LIED to Sango, claiming it was INUYASHA who killed them all) AND proceeded to keep Kohaku as his personal right-hand puppet and torment Sango by dangling the possibility of freeing her brother over and over and OVER

he cursed Miroku's family line with the Wind Tunnel, which will slowly kill him from the inside out the more he uses it in battle

he made Kagura kill all of Kouga's comrades (and quite literally has her heart in his hands to exert complete control over her while also being cruel enough to grant her free-will where she doesn't WANT to be under his control, JUST to lord it over her, the manipulative freak)

plus a bazillion other atrocities

Oh no. That's just standard villain shit.

No, Naraku's biggest sin is that he was written into the story TOO EARLY and TOO POWERFULLY.

Frankly, Naraku should have been terrifying. He should have been the Boss Villain of all Boss Villains. His entire motif is that of a spider, spinning his webs, and he is able to regenerate no matter how many times he's tore apart, and he can absorb demons into him and gain their powers.

In any other anime with a bit more guts, this would be a sickeningly TERRIFYING monster.

But instead..... *sigh* Naraku is just a cowardly lil bitch.

Despite his IMMENSE powers and functional immortality, he ALWAYS has force shields around him to protect himself, all the while gloating at the heroes for being unable to defeat him (and then being SHOOK when they come close to killing him).

His motive isn't even that great: he doesn't want to take over the world or some shit, he just wants to give the biggest middle finger and go "NEENER NEEENER NEEEEENER" at the heroes while destroying everything in his path. Which again, would be a funny twist in a dark humor way, or terrifying in a Joker kinda way, but he's just ANNOYING.

He is an overpowered douche-canoe who escaped death MULTIPLE times even though it'd ordinarily be IMPOSSIBLE (yes, I'm still salty that in episode 30 Kagome literally PIERCED HIS FUCKING HEART WITH HER SACRED ARROW and this bitch just KNOCKED IT ASIDE SO HE COULD ESCAPE?!)

Gods, the list is ENDLESS with this asshole!!!

That's not even touching on his whole thing with Kikyo....... long story short: Naraku was once a bandit named Onigumo, whom Kikyo found, burnt up and paralyzed. She took pity on him and secretly tried to nurse him back to health. But the whole time, homeboy was getting a raging boner for her, but couldn't jack-off or anything because, well, can't move, and his impure thoughts were SO INTENSE he literally attracted a fuckton of demons. Onigumo offered his body and soul in order to walk and jerk-off again, so he can "take" Kikyo. Well.... jokes on him, the demons who took control wanted Kikyo dead, soooooooooooo. In order to ruin InuKik's love story, he kinda sorta had to kill the girl, rather than kiss her lmao.

But then, 50 years later, Kikyo is resurrected, AND her reincarnation is running around as well, AND Inuyasha is up and kicking, so Naraku proceeds to spin his little webs and try to target the group over and over and over.....

tl;dr: Naraku is an incel who got pissy that he didn't get the girl and proceeded to make it everyone else's problem

[gerswe]

2023 Events

Feb 20-26 : historical-hetalia-week | found here

10000 BC - 5000 BC | Heirlooms

5000 BC - 0 | Celebrations

0 - 1500 | Discovery

1500 - 1800 | Ages

1800 - 1945 | Shadows

1945 - Today | Reform

Free

Feb 20-26 : spaus-week | found here

Soft touches | Coffee shop au | "Why are you such a tease?"

Letters | Gakuen | "Everything I hold dear resides in those eyes"

Drunk | Demon/Priest au | "I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved him, and sometimes he loved me too"

Jealousy | Omegaverse | "I want to still be close to your heart"

Moonlight | Soulmates | "I see everything you can be, I see the beauty you can't see"

First time | Nations revealed au | "A nation's heart is a deep ocean of secrets"

Free

Jun 18-24 : aphfrukweek | found here

London & Paris | War and Peace

Omg they were roommates | There’s only one bed

Spies | Royals

Pets | Growing old

Mistakes | Letters

Folklore | Pining

Free

Jul 2-8 : amechuweek | found here

Beginnings | Secrets | Farewells

Mistakes | Forgiveness | Recovery

Celebration | Formal | Dinner

Tarot | Fate | Choice

Gaming | Sports | Glory

Astronomy | Astrology | Cultural exchange

Freedom | Monsters | Free

Jul 3-9 : usukweek | found here

Arranged marriage | Historical

Stars | Canonverse

Sins | Pirates | Cowboys

Long distance relationship | Human au

Immortality | Unusual professions

Academia | Cardverse

Free

Jul 30-Aug 5 : aphfrainweek | found here

Islands & seas | Dance

Heat | Cottages & farms

Sunset & sunrise | Drunk out of their minds

Historical | Seafolk & mermaids

PDA | Omg they were roommates

Garden | Sun & moon

Free

Aug 8-12 : aphcardverse-week | found here

Royalty - arranged marriage | coronation | tradition

Jokers - curse | spirits/hauntings | escape

Conflict - forbidden love | espionage | duel

Free

Nature - garden | inheritance | fairies

Celebrations - constellations | gods and monsters | family

Folklore and Mythology - fairy tales | magical creatures | fortune-telling

Aug 21-27 : hetaberia-week | found here

Historical | Domestic

Betrayal | Summer

University | Fairytales

Pets | Love language

Royalty | Ghosts

Sea | Childhood rivalry

Bad habits | Gods

Free day to replace any prompt

Sep 24-30 : hetalia-rarepairweek | found here

Royalty | Cottage

Culture | Comfort

Mythical creatures | Celebrities

Folklore | Assassins

Historical | Meeting the family

Magical and/or fantasy | Ghosts

Free

Oct 1-7 : germanbrosweek | found here | overall theme as fear

Distance | “You need to leave”

Forget | “Sorry, who are you?”

Blood | “It’s not that bad”

Monsters | “Get back!”

Death | “Goodbye brother”

Nightmare | “I slept fine, thank you”

Free

Oct 22-31 : hetaween-event | found here

folklore | cabin in the woods | after dark

trick or treat | werewolves | cosmic horror

witchcraft | haunted | in the mirror

fairy tales | found footage | underworld

sweets & candy | demons | witching hour

ghost hunting | autumn | blood stains

vampires | ocean | biggest fear

urban legends | nightmare | horror movies

graveyard | magic spells | bloodthirsty

halloween party | ritual | body horror

Oct 25-31 : hetahorroweek | found here

haunted | tethered | stalking

should be dead | monster | eaten alive

distorted vision | experiment | needles

poisoned | coughing up blood | bleeding out

suffocation | beaten and bruised | bloodbath

trophy | decapitation | prisoner

free day | hunter and prey | wilderness

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Au Batman Fic Ideas

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/oypkMVw by Anonymous “You didn't kill him! You didn't avenge me! " Jason yelled at Batman, filled with fury and resentment. Batman was still, locked in shame. Jason hated him. If the hero doesn’t do what was necessary, he will have to do it. " I'll kill the Joker. " There will be no more abused children. There will be no other victims of the Joker. It will put an end, once and for all. "You can't." Jason laughed at him, “Why? Because it’s against your rules? " “No, because I've already tried. Joker can't die. " (From Immortal Joker Au) Words: 1368, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Robin (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Bruce Wayne, Zatanna Zatara, Joker (DCU), Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Roy Harper, Diana (Wonder Woman), Clark Kent Relationships: Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Alfred Pennyworth & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Diana (Wonder Woman) & Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne & Zatanna Zatara Additional Tags: Tim Drake Joins the Batfamily Early, Kid Fic, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Shapeshifting, Kid Tim Drake, Kid Jason Todd, Pre-Robin Jason Todd, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Alternate Universe - Gods & Goddesses, Genderswap, Curses, Fae & Fairies, Time Loop, Memory Alteration, Vampire Bites, Reincarnation, Vampires read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/oypkMVw